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Google accused of harming kids by secretly grabbing data from school-provided tech products (techxplore.com)

submitted 4 months ago by lemmydev2 to c/pulse_of_truth

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Google is secretly using its education products, including those used in many Bay Area schools, to identify students individually, track their online activity including sites they visit and links they click, and "steal" their personal data for profit, a lawsuit filed by California parents and others claims.

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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Crazy. I thought they provided things for free to schools because they were nice.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, there are a lot of companies that does similar things for the PR, or because the owner believes in a cause.

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 3 points 4 months ago

Or it's deductible

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

what did they expect when google sold them a bunch of computers for next to nothing with free software?

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 months ago

What does the law matter when the fine is a tiny portion of the profits, a "oops sorry!" more than suffices

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago

How is it "secret" if it says "google" on the device?